Ben Carson on Wednesday indicated that he is open to using drone strikes to help secure the border, according to Dennis Welch, a reporter for Phoenix television station KTVK.
BREAKING: GOP Presidential candidate Ben Carson open to using military drone strikes on American soil to secure the border.
— Dennis Welch (@dennis_welch) August 19, 2015
Ben Carson when asked about drone to secure the border: “I’m suggesting we do what we need to do to secure the border whatever that is.”
— Dennis Welch (@dennis_welch) August 19, 2015
More from @RealBenCarson on border issues: “You look at some of these caves and things out there one drone strike, boom, and they’d gone.”
— Dennis Welch (@dennis_welch) August 19, 2015
Before heading to the Arizona-Mexico border on Wednesday, Carson spoke at a rally in Phoenix on Tuesday, where he said that the U.S. should use surveillance and drones to patrol the border, according to Phoenix ABC affiliate KNXV.